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by dbpokorny 3762 days ago
> Implement thunderbolt? Sorry, that's Intel proprietary, no can do.

Sounds like Intel is guilty of "illegal tying". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tying_(commerce)

On top of that, the DMCA has interoperability clauses which may need to be updated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_engineering